Italian Americana Cultural and Historical review Seeks Submissions
The journal "Italian Americana" is currently seeking scholarly and creative submissions for its Winter 2017 issue. Scholarly articles in any discipline related to the topic of the Italian experience in America are welcomed (history, social sciences, literary criticism, arts and humanities, etc.), as are original works of poetry, fiction, memoir and...
Lina Wertmuller 'may get Governors' Award' +RPT+
Italian director Lina Wertmuller may be chosen to receive this year's Governors' Award or honorary Oscar for career achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday. Wertmuller, 88, the first woman director nominated for an academy award for Seven Beauties in 1975 and also known for The Seduction...
Festival Brings Best of Italy to Hofstra, September 18
Celebrate Italy's cultural and culinary influence on America at one of the largest and most beautiful outdoor festivals on Long Island when Hofstra University hosts the 24th Annual Italian Experience on Sunday, September 18, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will take place outdoors, rain or shine, on the South Campus. The Italian...
Colorado World War II vet celebrates his 100th birthday
by Aldo Svaldi As he hunkered down in a foxhole at an English airbase, trying to escape German rockets buzzing overhead, George Brienza questioned whether he would get to see his wife and two daughters in Colorado again. On Saturday, Brienza celebrated his 100th birthday in the Arvada home of his niece, surrounded by family that had t...
THE BRIDGE BOOK AWARD - Meet the winners
When: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute of New York, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021Organized by : IIC - Entrance : Free Meet the winners of the Italian section of the Book Award "The Bridge": Nadia Terranova, Gli anni al contrario, Einaudi and Marco Belpoliti, Primo Levi di fronte e...
Greenwich Resident, Son Start Italian Wine and Food Importing Business
Greenwich and other nearby residents can experience the foods and fine wines direct from 20 different regions in Italy. Greenwich resident Fiore Screnci and son Michael Screnci have started importing business Aromi Wine and Food. The Screnci family comes from small south Italian town Santa Caterina Dello Jonio. The concept starte...
Slow Food, a presentation by Richard McCarthy
The Italian Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C., the Italian Cultural Society, the SAIS Italian Society and US-Italy Global Affairs Forum, cordially invite you to a talk with Richard McCarthy - Executive Director of Slow Food USA, the Terra Madre movement and other local initiatives. Join us on November 20th, 2016 at the Friendship Height...
Salvatore's on Boston Road to become Compari's, remain family oriented
Anabela Basile was looking for a new building to house her business, USA Mortgage Network, which had outgrown its offices in Indian Orchard. What she found, with the help of her daughter Tanya Vitale-Basile, a real estate professional, was business space for her whole family. She bought the former Salvatore's Restaurant at 1333 Boston...
Enjoy an Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes at These Six Colorado Restaurants
Italian Americans, especially those from the East Coast, have fond memories of big family gatherings during the holidays — and big meals, including a Christmas Eve tradition known as the Feast of the Seven Fishes. If you find yourself far from the cooks in your family who put out a seafood spread for the holidays, a few Front Range restaur...
Book Review: Stile Transatlantico/Transatlantic Style by Donald Osborne
What makes the automotive industry so fascinating on a global scale is that no automaker exists in a bubble. Even from the birth of modern transportation, the development of automobiles was a far-reaching movement of shared influences–both on an engineering level and a design level. While today's vehicles owe much to the streamlined, simpl...
Italiani all’estero - Stati Uniti - a Stamford riunione coordinamento CTIM Nord America - Centofanti:"proseguire impegno ultimi quarant'anni". Arcobelli (coord.):"coinvolgere nuove leve"
Si sono riuniti nella citta' di Stamford in Connecticut i Delegati ed i Rappresentanti del Comitato Tricolore per gli italiani nel Mondo delle circoscrizioni consolari di Boston, New York/Connecticut, New Jersey, Philadelfia, aree sostanzialmente del Nord Est degli USA.I lavori sono iniziati con un minuto di silenzio in Onore di Mirko Tremaglia fon...
Italia-Usa: Terzi a Washington lancia l'anno della cultura
WASHINGTON - A Washington per inaugurare ''L'anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti''. E' questo lo scopo principale della missione del Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi, che sara' in visita negli Stati Uniti dal 12 al 13 dicembre. Una manifestazione che, nata dall'iniziativa dello stesso Terzi, gode dell'Alto Patronato del Presidente della...